Development - North East Intern

EDF Renewables North America

Jun 12, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Sustainability
New York

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Renewable Energy, Engineering or related discipline.
Detail oriented and self-motivated
Able to demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously.
Experience working with various Office software applications
Communication, project management, economics, critical thinking, research, power point, excel, summarizing reports/webinars, attention to detail, passion, adaptability

Responsibilities

Goals of Internship:
Supporting Agrivoltaics: Researching agrivoltaic practices, attending webinars, providing written summaries of materials and supporting preparation of power point presentations and other external communications.
Supporting Community Engagement: Ridge View Solar Solar United Hartland Niagara Facebook page - preparing articles and responding to comments; providing research and drafting responses for questions and concerns that come from the community, for both solar and wind projects, preparing presentations for internal and external meetings.
Various Project development tasks, including helping with permitting, land control, project management tasks.
Monitoring, drafting, on behalf of EDFR, public policy positions and/or stakeholder engagement documents from Government of Canada (i.e. NRCan, ECCC, Finance) and in key markets (i.e. Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Nova Scotia, BC)
Support on preparations for bid, consultations, competitive analysis, presentation prep, managing communications, research on municipalities, crown land applications etc.
Skills to acquire during internship:
Becoming familiar with a growing and increasingly critical combination of solar energy and agriculture on the same land. This is an ever-evolving topic that our development team needs to be well informed to support and continue engaging our stakeholders with the most recent and relevant information.
Learning about the issues that come up, both for and against projects, and how to formulate arguments to the community that maintains support for our projects. Becoming involved in these issues helps to better appreciate and understand the pros and cons of renewable energy siting in communities and how to strategically angle a project to be supported by most community members.
Learning the multitude of tasks that go into project development, and how our teams work together, both with internal stakeholders and external consultants to navigate the development project phase.
Develop knowledge on convergence of government, associations and EDFR business i.e. hone various skills related Public Affairs: public policy development, legislative processes, strategic communications, stakeholder management, corporate brand and reputation management). In addition, knowledge in electricity markets rules, governance and regulatory/implementation issues i.e., you get to learn how governments help or hinder building renewable energy projects.
A wide spread knowledge of the renewable development process across wind, solar and battery. Participation in high pressure RFP situations and seeing projects develop from green field status. Play a very key role in advancing Ontario's commitment to net zero. Key learning outcomes; research, participation in key decision making, engagement with various levels of government, knowledge across new technologies, engagement with First Nations, etc.

EDF Renewables North America

Delivering renewable solutions to lead the transition to a sustainable energy future.

Energy

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1987

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

EDF Renewables North America is a market leading independent power producer and service provider with 35+ years of expertise in renewable energy. The Company delivers grid-scale power: wind (onshore and offshore), solar photovoltaic, and storage projects; distribution-scale power: solar and storage; asset optimization: technical, operational, and commercial expertise to maximize performance of generating projects, and onsite solutions, through the Company’s PowerFlex subsidiary, offering a full suite of onsite energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers: solar, storage, EV charging, energy management systems, and microgrids. EDF Renewables’ North American portfolio consists of 24 GW of developed projects and 13 GW under service contracts. EDF Renewables North America is a subsidiary of EDF Renewables, the dedicated renewable energy affiliate of the EDF Group.